Early dissemination of OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain in Colombia: a case report
Nosocomial infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates have reached epidemic levels in past decades. Currently this microorganism is responsible for outbreaks of difficult eradication and with high mortality rates worldwide. We herein report a rare case of an OXA-72-pr...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositório: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/8746 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.017 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/8746 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Acinetobacter baumannii Carbapenem-resistance Oxacillinase Colombia |
| Resumo: | Nosocomial infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates have reached epidemic levels in past decades. Currently this microorganism is responsible for outbreaks of difficult eradication and with high mortality rates worldwide. We herein report a rare case of an OXA-72-producing A. baumannii isolate colonizing a 47-year-old male patient with peritonitis due to abdominal stab wound, four years earlier than the first report of this carbapenemase in Acinetobacter pittii in Colombia. Although OXA-72 presents a low prevalence compared with OXA-23, our study demonstrated that A. baumannii isolates carrying the blaOXA-72 gene were present in the hospital environment in Colombia and could act as a reservoir for further spread to other Acinetobacter species, like A. pittii, causing carbapenem-resistance. |
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